we promised to always put us first
but life happens, we come second to work
making time to spend time is stress
communication is less and less
sacrifice comes at a cost
when these conflicts are not resolved
but i’m too far in for our love to grow cold
we’re working against us
half is never a whole
 
don’t we deserve that?
don’t we? don’t we? 
don’t we deserve that?
don’t we? don’t we? 
just a little more love, a little more attention
a little more us, a little more convincing
don’t we deserve that?
don’t we, don’t we deserve that?
we deserve that
 
i can easily throw in the towel
pack up my bags and just walk out now
we always argue ‘bout this and that
think love is lost, can we get that back?
would be so easy to just let us go
turn my back on everything i know, but my
heart is unsettled, mind on overload
i’m a war within
fighting for us the least i owe
 
don’t we deserve that?
don’t we? don’t we? 
don’t we deserve that?
don’t we? don’t we?
just a little more love, a little more attention
a little more us, a little more convincing
don’t we deserve that?
don’t we, don’t we deserve that?
we deserve that
 
truth is…
love isn’t easy, it’s difficult for certain
anything worth having involves work, and
we’re too far in to let our love grow cold
can’t be against us
half is never a whole
let love overpower us
mind, body, and soul
i need you in my life
fighting for us the least we owe
yes, we deserve that
 
yes, yes, yes
yes, we deserve that
yes we, yes we
yes, we deserve that
we deserve that
 
​…at least that.

​my thoughts, they get in the way
of what i desperately want to say
i try to speak through timid affection
maybe chemistry is lustful deception
was never one to shy away from my feelings
but my mind, it’s not willing
to deal with what my heart is afraid to show
i just don’t know...
where will this go?
how can we grow?
or are you all show?
 
i just...
i just...
 
looking in your eyes, see a trusting soul
they’re showing me what you’ve already told
it’s easy being in your company
no representative, with you… i’m me
you're everything i’ve been praying for
my soulmate, I wanna love forever more
and more is what you want me to show.... so we can grow
i just don’t know...
where will this go?
how can we grow?
or are you all show?
 
i just...
i just...
 
i’m asking myself, “why you conflicted in soul?”
fuckboys in my past treated me so cold
i can’t let my baggage affect us
but i have issues with trusting trust
now i’ve found someone who treats me worthy
still, i feel guarded
don't want to rush or hurry
i wonder if you're for me
i wish it were so
so hard to let worries go
i just don’t know

yeah, let that beat play
this is that "here, my dear"
can you hear, my dear? (laughs)
is that enough, baby?​

and so it is this
this what you made me, right?
got the strength of david, so I’m able to fight
and it’s goliath’s night, what a gruesome death
i am the 8 ball, the last mohican left
this is the cards i’m dealt, i get no trade-ins
like i can go from 10-speed to bentley continenz
take the good with the bad
happiness and the sad
mix ‘em together - that’s life
yo, how you figure that?
where i learned patience at
little rock and hard place
grambling to brooklyn
then i left a hard trace
b.a. to m.s., homelessness and b.s. 
kicked out when 'em bricks out 
they didn't wanna see my success
i took a different route, struggled through the progress
they see the duck sail, never see the duck stress
underneath straight paddlin', she hustlin'
they mad again, they mad again, they mad again 
bitch, stay mad then

never let anyone tell you
you don't have what it takes to pursue your dreams
and don't let nothing stop you
keep moving forward
let's get it

this is what it is
we lost the root of it
kill or be killed, so…
the hood tooted it
and that’s my profit right, the blood is on my hands
all this material shit from government’s contraband
i know you like, “damn!”
maybe, “what tha fuck?”
this what i fought for so y’all can run amok?
my two turntables and my microphone
now, it’s bitches, birds, bills, bling, how many blunts you on
you know i ain’t lying – fuck it, tell the truth
still, i’m idolized, example for the youth
this what we going through, tryin' to make it out
hard as fuck on minimum wage, blocks hot, cops guns out
they said i’d never progress, that i would never sprout
man, fuck they doubt, i’m still keeping on
switch the game, fast lane, moving like the autobahn
autobahn, i'm on some other shit
yo, what the fuck you on?

hey jan
don't sue me girl!
you know, if this goes viral
you know, we can split it 50/50
nona, jr. jr. , freddie
ryan austin, baby, where you at?
i've been tryin' to get at you
let's get this money

oh, this is how it is?
the nature of the biz
i used to bring "the message", now i’m discredited
for my impurities and insecurities
misogynists, politicians
imposters tried to ruin me
minor formality, figment of fallacy
reporters not distorters of an unequal reality
far from how it be, and be that as it may
you lost the art of me and gained the next payday
this all you have to say?
repetition killed the cat
you’re on your 9th life, how curious is that?
and i get all the flack, but i know me best
i represent the people - nothing more, nothing less
she born into the jungle, living just enough
for the city, it ain't pretty, but she rough and tough
they want to see me dead, ashes and the dust
the dust, the dust
is that enough, fuck?

​Original song - Marvin Gaye - "Is That Enough" from the 1978 album, "Here, My Dear"
All vocals, keyboards and synthesizers by Marvin Gaye
Drums by Bugsy Wilcox
Bass by Frank Blair
Guitars by Wali Ali and Gordon Banks
Tenor saxophone by Fernando Harkness
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_That_Enough

Mixed track - Marvin Gaye Hip Hop Instrumental (Ryan Austin ) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMrAruBQluc

Lyrics - Jennifer D. Laws